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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene Two .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hodoshe let John do for the first time after he met with the captain?
(a) Buy a snack.
(b) Walk back to his cell alone.
(c) Write a letter.
(d) Make a phone call.

2. What is the name of the Island on which the play opens?
(a) Winston.
(b) Robben.
(c) Robinson.
(d) Hodoshe.

3. What sound is heard in the background at the start of Scene One?
(a) Doors being locked.
(b) The guards yelling.
(c) Sirens.
(d) Prisoners banging on cell walls.

4. Where does John get injured after being beat up in Scene One?
(a) His ankle.
(b) His eye.
(c) His arm.
(d) His hand.

5. Who does The State refer to in the play John and Winston are performing?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Hodoshe.
(c) King Creon.
(d) Polynices.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John do to try to get Winston to laugh?

2. How long ago did John and Winston meet?

3. Winston says the sand he wipes from his eyes is the same sand he played with as a child where?

4. What did the Black prisoners yell to them when their van stopped at a gas station on the way to Robben Island?

5. How many miles was the drive from Rooihel to the ferry to get them to Robben Island?

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